Instead of a Porsche, the once-scrappy institution has treated itself, as it nears its 50th birthday, to a sleek and pricey (if shoddy!) Koolhaas; in lieu of collecting artworks, it seems to be collecting buildings
Ryan Coogler’s film, up for 16 Oscars this weekend, holds some surprising lessons for architects working at the intersection of race and memory
Speakers weighing in during a marathon session yesterday included architects, preservationists, and a Labrador retriever from New Orleans named Willie; “If you want to sue me, I’ll see you in court”
Steve Ballmer, AECOM, and the architecture of data extraction; “I wish there was a 0 rating”
The late filmmaker framed civic spaces—and bureaucratic backwaters—with uncommon grace. Plus: Wasserman on the ropes; Mamdani’s Hudson Yards test; and a ruling on the Philly slavery panels
Or, How to have your taart and eat it too. Plus: Rem weighs in by email on de Graaf’s call for a mandatory retirement age in architecture
A Punch List correspondent is on the scene. Plus: the architects in the Epstein files, and the Independence Arch goes XXL
When it comes to fraught histories, there are some questions that the left shouldn’t be afraid to confront
Warning: This one’s a bit more gossipy than usual. Plus: The White House ballroom gets a sham hearing; the hero of “Free Solo” goes architectural; and California Forever is back!
Culdesac Tempe, held up as a model, is closer to a cautionary tale. Plus: a bumper crop of design exhibitions to open the year
How the Arc de Trump unveiling soft-launched the Venezuela takeover
Some resources for the semiquincentennial
